POLI 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Treasury Board, Parks Canada, Unmoved Mover
2 Apr 2018
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Talks to parks canada employee- how do i change the policy on this, that"s dumb. Who do we care about in the public sector- the lobbying legislation defines a certain set of people in public office holders and designated public office holders- the top of the food chain. Lobbyists under the lobbying act have to register as a lobbyist- this thing is created so that lobbyists and public office holders are complying. If you are actually paid by mcgill to lobby the premier of industry and you do not register, they can come after you- you also have to report the conversations you"ve had. Finance is a department- headed by a minister- the minister of finance is in. Cabinet- and the minister or secretariat, the bureaucracy that supports the finance. Finance does the policy research, makes recommendations to pm about fiscal policy. Developing the budget- the big job of finance.
